Institutional Security Cabinet
| Portuguese: Gabinete de Segurança Institucional | |
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| Formed | September 24, 1999 |
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| Parent Office | Presidency of Brazil |
| Website | www.gsi.gov.br |
The Institutional Security Cabinet (Portuguese: Gabinete de Segurança Institucional da Presidência da República, GSI) is an executive cabinet office of the federal government of Brazil responsible for the direct and immediate assistance to the President on matters of national security and defense policy. It is currently headed by Army General Sérgio Etchegoyen.
Created from the provisional measure (MP) No. 1911-10 of September 24, 1999 of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
The existence of a body responsible for the institutional security is not new in Brazilian history:
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